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-uilding to science. Next to the Atomium is the [[Mini-Europe]] park with 1:25 scale [[maquette]]s of famous buildings from across Europe. The [[Manneken Pis]], a fountain containing a bronze sculpture of a urinating youth, is a tourist attraction and symbol of the city. 
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-The city centre is notable for its Flemish town houses. Also particularly striking are the buildings in the [[Art Nouveau]] style by the Brussels architect [[Victor Horta]]. Some of Brussels' districts were developed during the heyday of Art Nouveau, and many buildings are in this style. 
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-The city has had a renowned artist scene for many years. The famous Belgian surrealist [[René Magritte]], for instance, studied in Brussels. The city was also home of Impressionist painters like [[Anna Boch]] from the Artist Group [[Les XX]]. The city is also a capital of the comic strip; some treasured Belgian characters are [[Tintin (character)|Tintin]], [[Gaston Lagaffe]] and [[Marsupilami]]. The [[Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée|Belgian Comics Museum]] combines two artistic leitmotifs of Brussels, being a museum devoted to Belgian comic strips, housed in the former Waucquez department store, designed by [[Victor Horta]] in the [[Art Nouveau]] style. 
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-Brussels contains over 80 museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, and the [[Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium]]. The museum has an extensive collection of various painters, such as the [[Flemish painting|Flemish painters]] like [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder|Bruegel]], [[Rogier van der Weyden]], [[Robert Campin]], [[Anthony van Dyck]], and [[Jacob Jordaens]]. The Magritte Museum houses the world's largest collection of the works of the surrealist [[René Magritte]].  
 +'''Anna Rosalie Boch''' (10 February 1848 – 25 February 1936) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Painting|painter]], born in [[La Louvière|Saint-Vaast]], [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]]. Anna Boch died in [[Ixelles]] in 1936 and is interred there in the [[Ixelles Cemetery]], [[Brussels, Belgium]].
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Anna Rosalie Boch (10 February 1848 – 25 February 1936) was a Belgian painter, born in Saint-Vaast, Hainaut. Anna Boch died in Ixelles in 1936 and is interred there in the Ixelles Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium.



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